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10 ways for real estate agents to stay compliant with fair housing laws

Housing Wire

The last thing homebuyers and sellers expect to encounter on their real estate journey is discrimination. But until 1968, unethical practices in real estate prevented thousands of people from renting, buying or selling their homes. What is the Fair Housing Act? The Fair Housing Act was just one aspect of this law.

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D.C. real estate firms fined $10M for discrimination

Housing Wire

based real estate firms — DARO Management Services, DARO Realty and Infinity Real Estate — and company executive Carissa Barry, have been handed a hefty $10 million civil penalty as part of a settlement for illegally discriminating against low-income renters using Section 8 vouchers for housing. Three Washington, D.C.-based

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Make Your First Investment Property an Attractive and Profitable Option

Cleveland Appraisal Blog

You’ve just purchased your first property to renovate. How can you capitalize on your first investment property? Whether your first investment property will be a rental or a flip, your goal is to walk away with more money than you put into it. Let the Renovations Begin! Are You Cut Out to Be a Landlord?

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Need to sell your house fast? Here are 7 great options

Housing Wire

COVID changed the real estate industry in a big way since it provided many people with an opportunity to work remotely and live almost anywhere. Investment homes often take longer to sell because your audience is other investors. Like anything in real estate, many factors affect how long it takes to sell your house.

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Helping Lenders Navigate the Commercial Real Estate Appraisal Process

Simonson Real Estate

In 2022, Simonson Appraisals completed a steady stream of financing assignments with planned new construction or significant proposed renovations. On several occasions, we were presented information about construction or renovation plans well after the initial assignment was started. Signed lease documents, detailed rent roll, etc.

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SFR, fix-and-flip sectors are in a ‘bit of a malaise’

Housing Wire

Fix-and-flip investors — who tend to be smaller entrepreneurial players — acquire, renovate and then sell existing single-family homes — and, in some cases, hold them for rent for a time, depending on market conditions. in the second quarter. “… The latest investment return (ROI) for home flips certainly isn’t great, [however]. “Our

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Could Build-to-Rent Investing Deliver a Deathblow to Multifamily?

BiggerPockets

It’s a little strange how long it took build-to-rent real estate investing to catch on. For decades, landlords were used to buying older homes, many without renovations, and renting them […].